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Central Bank Digital Currency In India: The New Money Is Here!

Forrester eCommerce

The world of money is changing, and India has made impressive progress toward innovations in digital payments. India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is now focusing on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). To those following the market, it was clear […]

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Build-A-Bear Expands Metaverse Pawprint with Tycoon Game Launch

Retail TouchPoints

Build-A-Bear also eagerly embraced metaverse opportunities, and its latest is a Roblox environment, Build-A-Bear Tycoon , with elements that connect to the retailer’s physical stores, including special codes for in-experience redemption through stores and marketing channels.

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How to Trade in a Bear Market?

365 Retail

The up-and-down trend is not a new phenomenon in the crypto market. In this article, we are going to discuss the situation when the market moves down – how to trade in such conditions and what to keep in mind. A bear market denotes a stretch of time characterized by a protracted descent in the overall market value.

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Crypto Payments Adoption in FinTech: How Do Retailers Fit in?

Retail TouchPoints

Although there’s no such solution available right now in the market, the industry is working furiously to make it a reality in the near future. However, even if you’re not yet set up for in-store crypto payments, you can still integrate a digital currency option into your ecommerce or click-and-collect offering.

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Cardenas Markets adds cryptocurrency machines in stores

RetailWire

Cardenas Markets is deploying digital currency machines (DCM) in stores where customers can buy, sell and exchange more than 40 cryptocurrencies. The grocer, which caters to Hispanics, believes the machines will be a hit with its customers.

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Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

Retail TouchPoints

“Too many friction points all along the customer journey is a big pain point for consumers, and certainly the checkout or transaction moment plays a part in that friction,” said Margot Juros, Research Director for Retail Technology Strategies at market intelligence and advisory firm IDC in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Claire’s Wants to Meet ‘Gen Zalpha’ in the Metaverse

Retail TouchPoints

Shimmerville will be powered by its own economy, with players able to earn digital currency through fun retail jobs, playing mini games or just spending time in the experience.